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2014 U.S. Junior Closed (Round #1)
2014 U.S. Junior Chess ChampionshipSt. Louis, Missouri, USARound #1 (Friday, 20 June 2014) Overall Table White Score Rating Black Score Rating Result 1 IM Xiong, Jeffrey 0.0 2437 IM Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A 0.0 2423 1-0 2 NM Colas, Joshua 0.0 2247 IM Harmon-Vellotti, Luke 0.0 2412 1-0 3 NM Larson,…
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Drum Majors
Williams gets 2nd IM norm
FM Justus WilliamsLast year, Justus Williams earned his first FIDE title after losing out on tiebreaks to FM Akshat Chandra at the North American Youth Chess Championship (NAYCC). Williams earned the FM title and returned this to the NAYCC year with the intent of completing his goal of earning the…
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2014 U.S. Junior Closed (St. Louis, USA)
According to a press release of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, the U.S. Junior Closed will commence on June 19th. The tournament will feature most of the top players under-21 and all will be competing for a spot in the 2015 U.S. Championship. GM Kayden Troff…
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2014 Olympiad drawing near!
The Tromso Olympiad is drawing near and 181 teams are expected to assemble on the grandest stage for chess. About a month ago there was a lot of speculation that the event was in danger, but the Olympiad organizing committee got a timely allotment of 12 million krones. The record…
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Wilkinson in Greece @ FIDE World Court
Ian Wilkinson QCPresident of Jamaican Chess Federation. The Ethics Commission of the World Chess Federation (“FIDE”) conducted meetings in Athens, Greece over several days commencing the 6th June, 2014. Popularly called the “World Chess Court”, the Commission is FIDE’s disciplinary and quasi-judicial arm that normally handles charges or complaints involving…
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Media Stories
Emory Tate @ Cali Chess Camp
Famed Chess Coach Aims to Make California’s Best Chess Camp Even Better The Torres Chess and Music Academy is excited to announce the addition of International Master Emory Tate to our roster of famed chess instructors. Over the board, Tate is widely regarded as one of the greatest attacking chess…
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Follow the Drum Beat!!
Dear chess community, This year has been quite eventful thus far. The year began with the coronation of a new World Champion, the Tata Steel Classic and the ratcheting up of the FIDE Presidential campaign. In March there was the Candidates tournament to determine who Carlsen would face in November…
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Tournaments
2014 Froemke Memorial (Tallahassee)
A short tribute was paid to Eric Larsen who was a mainstay in Tallahassee chess. Photo by Daaim Shabazz. This report was written by Steven Cullifer who has been the chief organizer for many Tallahassee events including the annual Robert Froemke Memorial event. Approximately 20 players took part. Cullifer runs…
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Chicago Open
Sargissian takes 2014 Chicago Open
Armenia’s Gabriel Sargissian also won in 2012.Photo by Daaim Shabazz GM Gabriel Sargissian won the 2014 Chicago Open after winning a tiebreak over IM Priyadarshan Kannappan. Both scored 7/9 just ahead of a sextet of players a 6.5/9. Sargissian was in the US helping Varuzhan Akobian prepare for the U.S.…
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